Tone

Tone was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that was built in 1938. The ship was named for the Tone River in the Kanto region of Japan, and the ship escorted Japanese aircraft carriers during World War II. Tone always operated with her sister ship Chikuma, but Chikuma was lost at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, while Tone was heavily damaged. On 24 July 1945, Tone was reduced to a hulk by the US Navy's bombing of Kure, and the wreck was destroyed by a second wave on 28 July 1945.